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Using patterns

You can paint, draw, or fill patterns to create interesting effects.

Corel PaintShop Pro includes many patterns that you can choose from

(such as bricks, stained glass, and zebra stripes). You can also create

patterns from an image or part of an image.

Patterns add creative flair to your images. You can apply patterned

brush strokes, create objects with patterned fills or edges, and create

patterned text. You can use patterns to create stationery or to create

tiled images for Web pages. Patterns are especially helpful for projects

that require interesting backgrounds such as CD covers, calendars, or

greeting cards.

Important! Patterns are available for grayscale and 16 million–

color images only. For more information about increasing the color

depth of an image, see “Increasing the color depth of an image”

on page 632.

What is the difference between patterns and textures?

On the Materials palette you can select both a pattern and a texture as

part of a material. What is the difference between the two?

A pattern is an opaque, repeated image with specific colors and

details. A pattern is a style, just like a solid color or gradient. Patterns

do not use the current foreground or background colors. For example,

if you select the Bricks pattern and apply brush strokes with the Paint

Brush tool, each brush stroke paints the brick pattern.

A texture gives the effect of having textured canvas or paper. Textures

use the current style (such as a solid color). For example, if you select

the Crumpled Paper texture and if the foreground color is yellow, each

brush stroke paints yellow with the texture of crumpled paper.

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